New research co-led by Burnet Institute and WEHI has uncovered how the human immune system fights Plasmodium vivax, paving ...

Malaria kills a child every minute. While medical researchers have successfully developed effective drugs to kill the malaria parasite, efforts to treat the effects of the disease have not been as ...

Researchers have identified a type of chemical compound that, when applied to insecticide-treated bed nets, appears to kill the malaria-causing parasite in mosquitoes. Published today in the journal ...

You're likely to notice more mosquitoes this season, and that matters because several species that carry dangerous viruses are expanding their range and season. Health officials urge taking simple ...

Improving health in Kenya today is an important objective, with an obvious direct impact on longevity and accelerating economic growth for millions of Kenyans The distribution of diseases in the ...

Professor Sir Nick White, who has died of cancer aged 74, was an expert on tropical diseases and played a leading role in ...

Amid the preparatory discussions for COP30, which also involve health-related topics, a study contributes to our understanding of the relationship between deforestation and the spread of malaria in ...

For a health facility in northern Togo, effective analysis and use of routine surveillance data can mean the difference ...

In Limpopo, communities that were ravaged by the recent floods now face another problem. Residents tell Health-e News there's a noticeable increase in mosquitoes, and they're worried about getting ...